Locking apparatus for folding headrest for vehicles
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorBog-Ki Seo
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Abstract
A locking apparatus includes a support bracket, a latch, a rotating member and a link unit. The support bracket is fastened to a headrest housing and has therein a locking slot, into which a striker of a seat back frame is removably inserted. The latch is coupled to the support bracket by a hinge and locks the striker, which is inserted into the locking slot of the support bracket, using rotation of the latch. The rotating member is coupled at a first end thereof to the support bracket by a hinge and is elastically coupled at a second end thereof to the latch, thus releasably locking the latch thereto. The link unit is coupled to the headrest housing by a hinge and is connected at one end thereof to the rotating member, such that the latch is released from the rotating member by pulling the rotating member.
Claims12
An apparatus for locking a folding headrest for a vehicle, comprising:
- a headrest housing pivotally coupled to a stay of a seat back frame;
- a support bracket fastened to the headrest housing and having a locking slot;
- a striker configured to be extended from the stay and to be removably inserted into the locking slot;
- a latch, a first end portion of which is pivotally coupled to the support bracket, wherein the latch locks the striker by using rotation of the latch when the striker is inserted into the locking slot of the support bracket;
- a rotating member, a first end portion of which is pivotally coupled to the support bracket and a second end portion of which is coupled to the latch by an elastic member, so that the rotating member and the latch are biased in opposite rotational direction each other;
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- a link unit pivotally coupled to the headrest housing, one end of which is coupled to the rotating member, such that the latch is released from the rotating member by applying an external force of the link unit applied to the rotating member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.